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August 19, 2008

Chris Grainger takes title at BRCA Rd4

Chris Grainger retained his national touring car title in fine style with yet another win at the fast flowing Halifax circuit last weekend. Coming into round 4 at Halifax, Chris was lying second in the BRCA National touring series, but despite this was still favourite to take the title as a top three finish would be enough for the Yokomo driver. Chris started his campaign in fine style taking FTD ahead of Olly Jefferies and Ben Cosgrove, two of his main championship rivals. The first final saw Chris ease away from Olly in the early stages, Olly stayed consistent but just lacked that little extra pace to challenge Chris, Chris went on to take leg from Olly and Ben. Leg two and real hard fought race, Ben came through from second as Chris half spun early in the race unfortunately collecting Olly and allowing the chasing pack through, Chris got back up too second but Ben took the leg two win. A win for Chris in leg three was enough to take the overall win and in doing so secure another National title.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

August 19, 2008

Andy Báez wins Puerto Rico Rd8

The 8th round of the Puerto Rico Championship (ACRCPR) was held at the newly resealed Barceloneta track recently and it was Andy Báez who took the TQ spot and win. Andy holds the track record, established in round 7, and so was expected to be very quick at this race and he didn’t disappoint. The 45 minutes final saw a race long battle between Mugen racer Andy and Fernando Méndez driving a Xray NT1, with Andy holding on to the victory to win by over a lap from Méndez in 2nd, while Emilio García took 3rd with his Serpent 720.

Thanks to Zobeida Ocasio for the report

August 19, 2008

Stark & Giesa win German Regionals Rd3

Stark & Giesa win German North Regionals Rd3

The 3rd round of the northern German regionals for 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale gas was held last weekend at the Hamm track. Qualifying in 1/8th scale saw Jens Stark take the TQ spot from Lars Hoppe in 2nd, only 1 second behind, with Andreas Giesa and Jürgen Stark rounding out the top 4. In the 1/10th scale class it was Andreas Giesa that took the pole spot from Jens Stark in 2nd and Bernd Hasselbring and Jürgen Heenemuth in 3rd and 4th respectively. The 30 minute 1/8th scale final saw Jens Stark take a clear win by 2 laps from Giesa in 2nd and Jürgen Stark in 3rd, while in the 1/10th scale class Andreas Giesa won by 2 laps from Bernd Hasselbring in 2nd with Jens Stark taking 3rd.

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August 16, 2008

Daniele Ielasi is 2008 World Champion

At the end of qualifying he was delighted to make his first ever 1:10 200mm World Championship Final but now Daniele Ielasi has gone one better and won a thrilling one hour Main Final here in Portugal to become the 2008 World Champion. Having suffered cruel luck at the 1:8 European Championship last month, Ielasi was clearly emotional after claiming his first ever World title which was greeted by huge applause from the large crowd who witnessed the race.

Check out the full report on our event site here.

August 16, 2008

Christensen, Balestri & Bertin complete WC grid

Martin Christensen

We have our grid for the one hour Main Final that will get underway in just under an hours time and determine who the new 2008 World Champion will be. The Semi A was the last run before the big race and a superb drive by Martin Christensen saw the Danish driver lead home a class act with double European Champion Dario Balestri, from whom he took the race lead during the final pit stop, taking second and double World Champion Adrien Bertin taking the last of the bump up placings.

Check out the full coverage on our event site here.

August 16, 2008

Leino, Strom & Lemieux into Final

Teemu Leino, Roland Strom and Paul Lemieux have secured their places in the 2008 Worlds Final after taking the top 3 places in the Semi Final B combined results. The race had to be run over two parts after a rain shower interrupted to orginal run 17 minutes in. Lemieux had a comfortable lead over Leino in the first part of the final when the weather caused the race director to stop the race.

Check out the full coverage on our event site here.

August 16, 2008

Rain delays Finals at WC

Semi B final stopped

The Semi B Final has been stopped due to rain. Young American star Paul Lemieux was holding a comfortable lead from fellow electric touring car ace Teemu Leino with 13 minutes to go when a shower caused the race to be stopped. The remaining part of the race will be run after a short delay with the two parts added together to decide the result. Due to the weather interruption it will now be the Top 3 from each Semi that progress to the Main Final.

Update (15:56 GMT): Racing is to resume in just under 5 minutes with the second part of the Semi Final B which is to run over 13 minutes. Drivers will line up in the order in which they finished Part 1 of the race so Paul Lemieux is on pole from Teemu Leino.

Check out the full coverage on our event site here.

August 16, 2008

World Champion Fukuda out

Teemu Leino action

Defending World Champion Keisuke Fukuda will take no further part in the 2008 World Championship after finishing outside the top 3 in the 1/4 Final B. With the Japanese driver not progressing to the next final it means, weather permitting, that this evening we will have a new World Champion. The 1/4 Final B was dominated by electric touring ace Teemu Leino who lead from start to finish under the guideance of double World Champion Adrien Bertin and his super fast pitman. Behind the Finn it was another Scandanavian who drove a faultless race as Sweden’s Roland Storm took second.

Check out the full coverage on our event site here.